Those on the left were quick to comment on the billionaire's shock victory, calling for a social movement to rise up and protect democracy.

Pablo Iglesias the firebrand leader of Spain's anti-austerity party Podemos called for the people of the US to rise up to fight Trump's fascism with social justice and human rights. "The vaccine against Trump's fascism is social justice and human rights, not more establishment. There is a people in the US who will resist," he tweeted.